Tape dispensing and printing device



March 19, 1929. L. SAMPSON TAPE DISPENSING AND PRINTING DEVICE Filed July 25, 1,927

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March 19, 1929. SAMPSON TAPE DISPENSING AND PRINTING DEVICE Filed July 25, 1927 v s Shuts-Sheet 3 lpllnegses Patented Mar. 19, 192 9 Un t-en fsrars s,

LoUIssA-Mrson, or CHICAGO, ILLINO S.

TAPE nrsrnnsrne AND PRINTING DEVICE.

Application filed July 25,

My invention relates to improvements printing and dispensing devices for paper or fabric tape and has for its object the 'provision or" means whereby a web or tape can Another object of my invention is'to provide improved ink feeding means. in connec-. ticn with a tape or-Web printing mechanism.

' Other objects and advantages of the method and construction herein employed will appearin the hereinafter specification when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which V ure 1. v

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myinvention, I as applied to a standard tape dispensingde- Vice. Y r c 7 V Figure 2. is a section on line 22 of Fig- Figure 3 is a ure' 1. V Figure 4 ure 1.

Figure 5 is of Figure 1. j I c ,Figure 6 is a sectional detail of the roller. printing mechanism.. r

section on line13 'b3 a sectionjtaken on line 5 5 Figure 7 isa section taken online 7-7 of,

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I Figure 8 is asectionalyiew oi a modified" form of the printing mechanism. I j

j Referring more particularly tothe d "awing, in which similar characters ot reference apply to like parts the several figures, 11 J j Y evident i'roin an inspection of the drawing ates a base, 12a frame, 13 a web moise mechanism, 14 the standards a nd'15 a roll of gumined tape all of which form no part of the present invention, being standard equipment.

My invention comprises a complete detachable unit which includes a printing roller 16, having appropriate inscriptions 17 thereon, said roller being rotatably mounted on the arbor '18, within the U-shaped member 19,t he printing roller 16 being supplied with ink through contact with one of the pair of co-acting inking rollers 20 and 21 which are mounted on arbors 2:2 and 23 respectively.

The U-shaped member 19 is attachedto a stud arm '24:, adapted to be detachably re cciv ed in the tubular member 25 by means-[0f usting is a section on line of V rection.

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joint 27 adjustably securesthe tubular mem- SO by means'of thumb nut 31, the T'joint being mounted on the tubular rod32 which is 1 her 25 withinthe joint to the height desired. An arm 29 is adj ustably received by a oint supported on the pedestalfoot The .l

gummed tape atteifbeingr printed is carried over trunnions 38 and 39,.mounted in sliding brackets 34 and35, which are slidably secured to the tubular rod 32 by-means of adbracke s34rand 35 it will be observed that it screws 36 and 37. Byslidi'ngthe willbe possibletofshorten or lengthen the loopoi' gummed tape which rides iover trunni'ons 38 and 39, a1id in this manner, since the interval of time required for theg'umined tape to reach the moi-stoning roller 13jwil1 vary in accordance with thelength oflthe' strip of gummed tape between the'prijnting roller and the moist ening roller, I "aing enabled to provide'means for the Variable ing of the tape.

The trunnions 38 and39 are adapted to support'the gummed tape in amnesiafacilitate its withdrawal from the, roll 15,

and at the sam'e' tiine to extend the gummedj tape over a length stiiiici'e'ntto insure tlieldrying or ink'thereon after it 1s"pas sedunder the printing roller 16, before beingimoistenedfl In the modified 'formjof my invention j cept c' ej i shown in Figure 8, I employ a adapted to contain a supply'ofjlnk' i2jan d'a, 11121 543 through wh1ch 1atterthe nkisforced whcn the screw 1% is turned 'in' clockwisedl 15y this means the ink ng and print rollers may be kept in suitable condition for clearly print r I The operation .oi any dev ce will nowtbe and is, briefly, asfollows roll oi gumnied tape supportedon' the H standards ofthe iiioisteningdevice is passed over anc liaround the tru'nnions 38 and39 and thence to the moisteningjdevice, which latter forms no part of my inyention, its use and functions being well known; 'Up'jor the} pe riphery'o f the ro1ler, 16, suitable inscripti'on s, advertising matter, etc, 111 the form of a rubber or metal matrix s placed; When desired, rollers of various sizes bearingana trices to correspond therewith, may be supported within the U-shaped member 19-, in a manner to 1361111111 01 quick detachment therefrom. This may be. done by eitherre- 110. moval of the arbor 18 afterwhich the roller 16 may be'removedforithezarms oftheju M 

